Ryanair puts finger on scale, wheezes

The Times of London loves Ryanair, Britain’s cut-rate carrier. First, a story from the Times accusing Ryanair of having “faulty” scales which add around 2kg to passengers’ carryons - causing them to be checked with additional charges:

“One piece of baggage that was weighed by The Sunday Times at 14.8kg registered 17kg on Ryanair scales as it was checked in for a flight back to Britain last week. It meant it was levied with an excess charge of £11.”

Nice. Then a few days later, this from the Times:

“Has anyone else caught on to Ryanair’s latest money-making wheeze? Go to book on its website and you’re asked how many bags you will be checking in. Wanting to travel light – and avoid the airline’s charges for checking in your bags – I went to click “none” … only to find that there wasn’t a zero option.”

Wow. Those Brit MBA’s are really something.